As a parent, if you really want to
have a good rapport with the teacher that teaches your child, you should not
act on any word you hear about them without finding out how true it is. They love
your children and I want you to know that besides the mother and the father of
a child, teachers are the parent to them, honor them as parents too.
I once heard a primary school boy telling his mother that, “that teacher is very stupid” and the laughed. What has such a parent taught her child? As parents, we should not always lodge complains about them, rather we must look for ways to communicate with them and tell them what we feel. Make them happy and see them friends and co-workers so that they can make your children happy.
I once heard a primary school boy telling his mother that, “that teacher is very stupid” and the laughed. What has such a parent taught her child? As parents, we should not always lodge complains about them, rather we must look for ways to communicate with them and tell them what we feel. Make them happy and see them friends and co-workers so that they can make your children happy.
In addition, if you see a school
whereby the teachers are not being honored by the school managements and the
parents, the school will not grow, because the teachers will either work in
fear or work with unconcern. I was looking for job sometimes ago and I went to
a school to meet with the school principal. After passing through series of
tests and interviews, he said I passed the interview and we started talking
about salary, he made a statement and said, “if you are not comfortable with
twenty thousand naira, tell me because I want to go out now”. I just stood up
from the chair bid him farewell and left because I’m very sure that he would
later tell me that ‘ I’m not paying you to think for me, I’m only paying you to
work for me’. Imagine this ridiculous amount with an insulting tone.
Moreover, honors and
respect should be given to teachers professionals in their field as we are
professionals in our various fields too. They are trained to train people, they
try to become the parent of the children they did not give birth to and cater
for them as their own children. They still work despite all insults and
unworthy pay. They give birth to other professions and yet they are paid the
least salary. May be that is why they say that “the reward of teachers is in
heaven”.
In conclusion, let us begin to see
teachers as God sent helpers to our children
